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Updated: Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 9:15 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 9:15 AM EDT

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- An East Haven man faces charges he tried to sell a fake handgun.

West Haven police say witnesses reported James Downey, 22, was trying to sell what looked like a handgun on the city's boardwalk on Wednesday night.

Officers determined Downey had a fake, blank gun that replicated a popular model handgun.

He was arrested and charged with breach of peace and illegal use of a facsimile firearm.